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‘Clemency’ Writer/Director Chinonye Chukwu on the Long Journey to Getting the Film Made

Written and directed by Chinonye Chukwu, the intensely moving drama Clemency follows prison warden Bernadine Williams (Alfre Woodard, in one of the best performances of the year), who has spent years carrying out death row executions that have taken their toll on her life and her marriage. Before she must carry out yet another execution of an inmate (Aldis Hodge), Bernadine finds herself confronting the emotional and psychological damage the job has done, as she figures out what that means for her future. At the film’s Los Angeles press day, Collider got the opportunity to sit down and chat …